A Clubbers Guide To Sydney - The Mean Fiddler - Review
Having grown up at The Mean Fiddler I feel uncomfortably comfortable calling it my second home.
The place has gone through such a dramatic transformation over the last 6 to 7 years it makes for a good script.
From a consistent multiple award winning hotel through 2006 and 2007 to being placed on the problem venues list in late 2008 this place has seen it all.
The Mean Fiddler is now the people's hotel, Friday is 18-26 age bracket young crowd, Saturday 27 + for the older age bracket, it simply has it all.
From the 3 bars, The Fiddler Bar the traditional Irish Bar as its been labelled by management where you can commence you night with a few quiet drinks with friends,The Woolshed listening and singing to those iconic tunes belted out by the live band, The third The Drovers Bar caters for the locals and the workers in the arvo who feel a little parched and in typical tradie style they can sit on the verandah in the sun, 3pm, down a cold one TAB facilities arms length away and finish the day off in style, but by mid evening this place is overtaken with the people who are out for a big night.
Those who like the courtyard are in luck, this thing is huge, and the atmosphere sitting in different locations will offer you a different experience.
From roughly 10:30pm downstairs on the outside dance floor (The Sub Bar) you'll hear the beats pumping out from the DJ playing typical House beats, with the odd Ministry of Sound event thrown in for good measure.
If you want to get in the thick of things entry fee is 10 hard earned dollars and if you get down there early enough you can grab one of the four intimate booths that can fit quiet a large group in, and if you never been to the fiddler before I suggest you part ways with your cash and experience the true fiddler at its best, going down stairs to the outside dance floor is where my mates and I grew up, all I can ask is for you not to judge me though, if the house music is not for you the music upstairs next to The Fiddler bar caters more for the RnB fans.
The dining experience is fancy, overpriced typical pub food, with two separate dining areas The Royal Oak Grill and The Fiddler Bar offers a range of products at an inflated price if you can hold out for the Fiddler Burger or kebab after your been ejected or voluntarily walked out I suggest you do so, it's the only way to finish a night out isn't it.
The Mean Fiddler offers several private or open function areas to cater for your needs big or small from a family birthday to a wedding reception, each to their own really.
The place simply put is huge it's like a pub crawl within the one hotel, there's a few other smaller bars in the place you'll find yourself at during the night, the music is pumping, the crowd well I'd rather you make up your own mind but it won't take long for that to happen, the place can become a sweatbox inside by the end of the night if you haven't ventured outside you'll know about it and phone reception inside is not good, always has been, for those who lose people easily, the night will soon become a blur but as we did we found our way back there weekend after weekend.
Enjoy The Mean Fiddler Experience.
The place has gone through such a dramatic transformation over the last 6 to 7 years it makes for a good script.
From a consistent multiple award winning hotel through 2006 and 2007 to being placed on the problem venues list in late 2008 this place has seen it all.
The Mean Fiddler is now the people's hotel, Friday is 18-26 age bracket young crowd, Saturday 27 + for the older age bracket, it simply has it all.
From the 3 bars, The Fiddler Bar the traditional Irish Bar as its been labelled by management where you can commence you night with a few quiet drinks with friends,The Woolshed listening and singing to those iconic tunes belted out by the live band, The third The Drovers Bar caters for the locals and the workers in the arvo who feel a little parched and in typical tradie style they can sit on the verandah in the sun, 3pm, down a cold one TAB facilities arms length away and finish the day off in style, but by mid evening this place is overtaken with the people who are out for a big night.
Those who like the courtyard are in luck, this thing is huge, and the atmosphere sitting in different locations will offer you a different experience.
From roughly 10:30pm downstairs on the outside dance floor (The Sub Bar) you'll hear the beats pumping out from the DJ playing typical House beats, with the odd Ministry of Sound event thrown in for good measure.
If you want to get in the thick of things entry fee is 10 hard earned dollars and if you get down there early enough you can grab one of the four intimate booths that can fit quiet a large group in, and if you never been to the fiddler before I suggest you part ways with your cash and experience the true fiddler at its best, going down stairs to the outside dance floor is where my mates and I grew up, all I can ask is for you not to judge me though, if the house music is not for you the music upstairs next to The Fiddler bar caters more for the RnB fans.
The dining experience is fancy, overpriced typical pub food, with two separate dining areas The Royal Oak Grill and The Fiddler Bar offers a range of products at an inflated price if you can hold out for the Fiddler Burger or kebab after your been ejected or voluntarily walked out I suggest you do so, it's the only way to finish a night out isn't it.
The Mean Fiddler offers several private or open function areas to cater for your needs big or small from a family birthday to a wedding reception, each to their own really.
The place simply put is huge it's like a pub crawl within the one hotel, there's a few other smaller bars in the place you'll find yourself at during the night, the music is pumping, the crowd well I'd rather you make up your own mind but it won't take long for that to happen, the place can become a sweatbox inside by the end of the night if you haven't ventured outside you'll know about it and phone reception inside is not good, always has been, for those who lose people easily, the night will soon become a blur but as we did we found our way back there weekend after weekend.
Enjoy The Mean Fiddler Experience.
